The National Post reports: “The Western support won by the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq, and the KRG’s tentative allies among the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) guerrillas of Rojava in northern […]
Erdogan: Armenia ‘genocide’ used to blackmail Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said charges the Ottoman Empire committed a genocide against the Armenians are being used as “blackmail” against Turkey, insisting that Ankara will “never” accept such accusations. […]
German Parliament Recognition of the Armenian Genocide is a Reply to Turkish Foreign Policy Misteps
On 2 JUN 16, The German Parliament adopted a symbolic resolution declaring the killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 a genocide. The Turkish government denounced the vote and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan […]
The Consequences of The New Model of Power Relations for U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
On 16 OC 15, NEC-SE posted: The New Model of Power Relations and the Middle East Crisis In the article we stated: Most Americans are ignorant of the shifting alliances and power […]
Sykes-Picot at 100: New Players, Same Old Game
16 MAY 16 marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Sykes-Picot agreement. This treaty between Britain, France, and Tsarist Russia provided for the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire’s Middle Eastern […]
Pope Francis reneges on offer to take in Christian refugees
The article states: Roula and Malek Abo, who had been housed in a refugee camp on Lesbos, said they thanked their lucky stars when they found out the Vatican had selected them […]
Human Rights Watch: Christian Demonstration Blocked Sought to Protest Kurdish Land “Encroachment”
Human Rights Watch (HRW) obtained official documents dating to 1992 and 1994 ordering an end to Kurdish encroachments on Christian land in Kashkawa and Rabitki, two villages in Nahle Valley. Paul Khashaba, […]
Israel Providing Intelligence to Jordan, Egypt in Fight Against ISIS
JNS.org – Israel is providing intelligence assistance to Jordan and Egypt in the fight against the Islamic State terror group, a senior Israeli military officer said on Wednesday. “Egypt fights the Islamic […]
Really, Did Billions of U.S. Taxpayer Dollars and 4,497 U.S. Combat Deaths Bring Democracy to Iraq?
On 14 APR 16 Muslim Sunni Kurdish security forces (Asayesh), the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) equivalent of the FBI, imposed a blockade on four Assyrian Christian villages in the Nahla district in […]
Sick of ISIS Persecution, Mid-East Christians Form Biblical Brigades
“A time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace.” Ecclesiastes 3:8 (The Israel Bible™) Breaking Isreal News is one of the many news […]